Legal Opinion
James v. Adams v. Washington State Dept Of Corrections
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 1, 2015No. 32012-0-IIIPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Siddoway, C.J.
Both parties to this Public Records Act (PRA) 1 dispute appeal decisions of the Franklin County Superior Court, which concluded that the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) improperly withheld records that inmate James Adams requested from his offender file, acted in bad faith in doing so, and should pay a penalty of $24,535. The DOC challenges the conclusion that it acted in bad faith. Mr. Adams argues that the penalty awarded was insufficient and was arrived at without full consideration of all of the relevant evidence.
¶2 The trial court found that the DOC’s…
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